SOUTHOLD, NY — The voters have spoken — and passed the proposed 2026 - 2027 budget for the Southold Union Free School District by an overwhelming margin.
The budget passed by a vote of 376 to 92, district officials said.
The library budget passed by a vote of 384 to 83, and the Historical Museum's budget passed by a vote of 329 to 144.
The Southold Union Free School District's proposed $36,797,500 budget represents a 3.28 percent increase, while the proposed 2.71 percent tax levy cap levy increase falls within the district's 2.72 percent tax-cap limit.
In the Board of Education race, incumbents Thomas Grattan Jr. received 390 votes; Dawn Hagerman garnered 377, and Scott Latham received 388; all ran unopposed, district officials said.
Hagerman will serve a one-year term after the death of BOE President Paulette Ofrias; Hagerman stepped into that role after her loss.
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